Executive Steering Committee
Secretary Gaskins
Secretary of North Carolina Department of Military and Veteran Affairs
Lieutenant General Gary McKissock
US Marine Corps, Ret
Major General Rodney Anderson
President and CEO, LDR Consulting
Major General M. Todd Hunt
Adjutant General, North Carolina National Guard
Brigadier General JR Gorham
Owner, the Gorham Group, LLC
Mark Edmonds
Chief Operating Officer,
NC Department of Commerce – DWS
David Long
President, Long Beverage
James Banner
Vice President
Pike Corporation
Binu Thomas
Senior Vice President, Global Technology
MetLife
Ed Paradise
RTP Site Executive, VP of Trustworthy Systems Engineering,
Security & Trust Organization, Cisco Systems
Ron Bogle
National Chair
Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve
Kimberly Williams
Founder & CEO, NC4ME
CHO, City of Jacksonville
Stuart Ruffin
Chief Financial Officer
RDI-USA
Leadership Team
Kimberly Williams
CEO, NC4ME
CHO, City of Jacksonville
Ryan Armstrong
Director of Operations
NC4ME
Rebecca Sotirkys
Program Manager, NC4ME
N.C. Department of Commerce
Michele Lewis
Veterans Employment Director
NC4ME
Alex Skelton
Outreach Manager and Program Assistant, NC4ME
N.C. Department of Commerce
Alicia Mock
Program Coordinator
Onward to Opportunity
Eric Burgos
Director, Education & Employment Center
NC National Guard
James Simpson
Manager of Military Talent Acquisition
Pike
John Herath
General Manager for Talent Acquisition
Barfield Revenue
Victor Glover
Director, Veteran Employment Services
N.C. Department of Commerce
Gabriela Gonzalez
Assistant Director
Veterans Employment Services, NC Department of Commerce
Mike Wood
Cisco
Ed Hamilton
Vice Chair
ESGR